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by rodrigo 18y ago
I learn by imitation, sometimes I've felt like adding a great punchline to a discussion, then I question myself if itll add value. Most times it doesnt, so I dont post it. EDIT I also like that theres not a lot of meta-discussion, it would
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by rodrigo 18y ago
More along the lines of philosophy of science then; great stuff!!!
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Thats great stuff! thanks for sharing. Any hindsigths? something rigth out of your head about the subject???
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Way offtopic, but can you tell more about that conometrics/philosophy course? sounds interesting.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Just to clarify, once the plane is wo passengers, its a race against time, people clean the plane at the same time its being refueled, and as soon as it is clean you can board it, and as soon as its loaded you can leave. So any minute means
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Great idea! Ive been toying w something like this and came to similar conclusions over a website or a blog, so I found your email idea great. Also, do you or other HN people have any recommendations on sites or forums to talk about this kin
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Cannot hang apples from the pole. We're Festivus people.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
If youre going to discuss something it helps to have a common ground to begin with, as i dont pretend to know what consciousness is or if it even exists, i asked Tichy to tell me his definition so i can understand what hes denying. Not to t
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by rodrigo 18y ago
My mistake. Its just that its a little frustrating to be waiting for a thougth-provoking comment and find that i was just downmodded. Thanks for calling me on that.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
It migth help.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
What do you mean by consciousness does not exist? How do you define consciusness? you have to have a definition so you can deny it.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Thats it, i normally dont say "reincarnation". It seems to me that words like that were used to make graspable a concept thats hard to grasp; but it lost its sense when someboy tried to hard to make it fit in some view of things. Edit: It c
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Did you just downmod without adding anything to the conversation?
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by rodrigo 18y ago
In a short story of JL Borges (and in a lot of other places, im sure): "the road is the goal" (veeery loosely translated from spanish)
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by rodrigo 18y ago
We (western people) own that to the rationalist notion that anything thats spiritual, mistic, esoteric, has to be the complete opposite of rational. Theres no one or the other, both notions has to be part ot the Truth, if some theory disp
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Conceptually, its an illusion in the sense that theres "something" doin interpretation between the "real" things and our brain; in the zen koan of the tree that fells, it migth not be doing any sound because theres no brain processing the w
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by rodrigo 18y ago
I dont view reincarnation as "me" waking up in some other body in some other time; IMHO it has to be on a gene level, "me" is just a bunch of genes wich have learned and contribute to the general pool. Or something like that.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Also against the switch view; It well migth be a replica of the evolution process; a little being w only a couple of neurons that handle simple proceses, and by iteration grows to a more complex being. That would also correspond w the natur
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Its great to be in movement; dont know for people in other ages, but in our time, things seems to be acceleratin and that makes it a great time to live.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Thanks for the lead. For me, this is what makes HN great (and make Slashdot great, o'right not as great as back in the day), smart, brigth, curious people sharing knowledge. Thanks again.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Yea...I miss my flannel shirts...
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Same here, 1979. Dont feel quite an X guy. More X than Y though.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
What cultural expresions you found defining for this new generation? Im 1979, so Gen X; but dont feel like im a prototypical genxer, maybe cause im at the tail (ending Gen X, beginning Gen Y.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Check http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=74054 Mexican living in Ciudad de Mexico, Im not a practicing hacker though, just very interested in ideas and programming, throw me a line losdosplebitos at gmail.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Ive found excellent recipes here http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/recipes/ this guy is on the money, ive been loosing weigth just by following some of his advice.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Im interested, losdosplebitos -at- gmail , thanks.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Founders at Work (completely agree w PG on this), also The Undercover Economist, for economic indsigths. I found in this book a LOT of things to take home, business and entrepeneurial wise.
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by rodrigo 18y ago
I found Undercover Economist a great resource to get to know some economic basics, like scarcity and pricing, wich can help you model your product or revenue source scheme. Also, second Founders at Work, good ol'storytelling, very informati
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by rodrigo 18y ago
Thats exactly my case, I actually was taking a course when began thinking about this; im kinda taken care of, not only by HR people but also my boss; what do companies with just a few employees get to do this? do they even? is it relevant f
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Ask PG/HN people: How to manage personal growth?
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